[THIN] Re: OT: Microsoft Certified Architect Program
- From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:14:27 +0100
Double pah.
When I was a lad, we had to work down't pit 25 hours a day, then build
our "computers" in our spare time.
And you had it easy, we had to CARRY the electrons 'round the circuits
ourselves, and rub the filament wires really vigorously just to get some
kinda glow.
Kids, these days, don't know they've been born! ;-)
"Hoverboards? They were just pipe-dreams, son..."
Neil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick Smith
> Sent: 23 June 2006 16:11
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Microsoft Certified Architect Program
>
> Pah!
>
> Just remembered that my first computer (As opposed to Mum's)
> was one we built as a science project. Soldered the switches
> on, had little metal copper plates running as circuits, and
> small laboratory light-bulbs to give feedback to the user.
>
> The switches were binary ones and we had two rows of four I think.
>
> This enabled us to flick switches to 0 or 1 and then the
> logic of the circuits was such that the lights lit up to show
> the addition of the two rows.
>
> I presume we could only add to 30 altogether.
>
> So in terms of the Yorkshireman competition;
>
> No RAM
>
> No External Storage
>
> No Machine code
>
> No silicon whatsoever
>
> And a CPU (OK bundle of badly-wired switches) that was about
> 2 feet by 6 inches.
>
> Beat tha', you Southern p*nsies.
>
> Probably 78 or 79.
>
> Nick
>
> From: David Finch [mailto:david.finch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 23 June 2006 12:15
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Microsoft Certified Architect Program
>
> OK, with my pedantic hat on, the certification is only given
> "Unlike other IT certifications, this credential was built
> and is granted by industry architects, as candidates must
> pass a rigorous review board with previously certified architects."
>
> So how did the FIRST architect get certified?
>
> J
>
> And to enter the "Four Yorkshiremen" competition
>
> Lookshury!
>
> My first system was a Microbee (Australian) Z80 with 32K RAM
> and a cassette tape....that was about 1983 I think....It had
> BASIC, but I used it to teach myself Assembler programming
>
> The first system I actually worked on with a Hard Drive had a
> 5Meg Disk Platter that was nearly 2 foot across, and used
> tapes for long term storage. That was in about 1986.
>
> And my mum and dad used to dance on our graves and sing Hallelujah!
>
> But tell that to the kids of today and they won't believe you
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Snyder
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 June 2006 1:07 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] OT: Microsoft Certified Architect Program
>
> No doubt Brian and Douglas will be the first two! :)
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/architecture/default.aspx?pid=share.c
> ertification
>
>
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